Source: https://deftridge.com/job/user-story-backlog-grooming-norman-dt-8700460/ Title: User Story Backlog Grooming, hybrid in Norman | Deftridge Summary: User Story Backlog Grooming for a senior Business Analyst, hybrid in Norman. $59-$73 an hour, 3 to 6 hours a week. Starts within 7 days. Regular Shortlisting · 2 candidates Posted Oct 22 · DT-8700460 # User Story Backlog Grooming Senior · Business Analyst · Hybrid · Norman **$59–$73** / hour About $1,290 a month at 5 h a week. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Series A generative-AI startup · 51–200 employeesCL-75609 · based in Norman - **Where** Hybrid · Norman - **Format** Regular role - **Time needed** 3–6 h a week - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Senior · 5-10 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async The company is already looking at 2 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides. **4** professionals have asked about this task **2,227** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This Series A generative-AI startup (51–200 employees) is looking for a senior Business Analyst for an ongoing part-time engagement of 3–6 h a week. Writes and refines stories so engineers can start. The team is stretched and wants steady, predictable help instead of another full-time hire. It builds AI products and needs human experts to check what the models produce. The team sits in Norman. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. ## What you deliver - Refine 25 backlog stories each week with acceptance criteria and open questions listed. - Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call - A written update every Tuesday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked - A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends ## What a week looks like - Friday: pick up the queue and confirm priorities - Midweek: two short working sessions of one to two hours - Tuesday: update sent before the company's end of day **Duration:** 12 weeks, renewable. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included. ## Tools Jira Confluence ## Who fits - 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Business Analyst, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Jira and Confluence - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Experience in a similar industry - Has worked with a distributed team across time zones ## Not included - Travel or work at a fixed location - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately - On-call availability outside the agreed window ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Senior Business Analyst - **Experience** 5-10 years in data & analytics - **Tools** Jira, Confluence - **Offers** 4 hours a week, weekday evenings - **Rate** $66 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $66 an hour, is **above** the median senior Business Analyst rate in Oklahoma ($65). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $65 This task $66 $51 $90 [All Business Analyst jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/business-analyst/united-states/) · [Business Analyst rates in Oklahoma](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/oklahoma/) · [Data & Analytics jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/data-and-analytics/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-75609 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, User Story Backlog Grooming is noted. 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